Votes For Women Revision

Methods used to get the vote: Please complete the following (Shephard p38-42)Method Used Used by Specific examples of how Degree of success with evidence by NUWSS used WSPU? ?Propaganda yes yes The WSPU made a It was quite successful because by newspaper called `Votes 1914 there were 40000 for Women' newspapers in circulation and the They used the colours colours became fashionable and new fashions were produced. It green, white and purple was so popular a type of bread and they sold clothes and even had wrapping with `Votes for jewels in these colours Women'. They also used pamphlets and postersMeetings and yes yes Some were held in Demonstrations grew to more thandemonstrations important places like the 20000 attendees Royal Albert Hall or in Trafalgar Square But they also did it on village greens all over the UKPetitions ­ Yes yes By calling out in meetings In 1910 they managed to getpressure on and by getting petitions 250000 signatures for theParliament Conciliation BillCivil yes no Many women refused toDisobedience pay taxes and they boycotted the 1911 censusAttacking yes no They smashed It got them lots of attentionproperty windows because many of them were They committed arson arrested and sent to prison Planting bombs in Lloyd Georges Surrey home Pouring chemicals into letter boxes destroying the letters Attacking famous works of art Cutting telegraph wires Burning messages into golf courses with acid

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Attacking people They would attack doctors which would refuse to denounce forced feeding Police officersHunger strikes How did the following react? (Provide evidence) 1. The authorities? Key ideas words: no clear position/banned/brutality/force-feeding/Cat and Mouse Act 2. The Press? Key: For and against, The Times, The Daily Mirror 3. The public? Men Did violence work? Yes! (evidence) No!(evidence) The Position of "Votes for Women" in 1914. 1.…read more